#B5B827#B5B827

#B5B827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.155 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B827
RGB	rgb(181, 184, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 78.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -17.38, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 69.04, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0553 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.155 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5641, 44.2522, 8.5345)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B827 #2A27B8

analogous

#B87227 #B5B827 #6CB827

triadic

#B5B827 #27B5B8 #B827B5

tetradic

#B5B827 #27B872 #2A27B8 #B8276C

square

#B5B827 #27B872 #2A27B8 #B8276C

split-complementary

#B5B827 #276CB8 #7227B8

monochromatic

#525312 #83861C #B5B827 #D4D845 #E0E277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B5B827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B5B827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B827

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B827	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 184, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.155 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcd6f',
    500: '#b5b827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b827;
$custom-light: #cfcd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.241,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75609,
    "c": 0.15539,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B827

secondary

#7371CA

accent

#40E843

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B827

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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